On we go towards the end! Finishing is just a matter of gluing all of the last bits on. The wheels have been attached to the struts, making sure that the flat spots contact the ground correctly.
A final bit of painting and weathering on the landing gear doors.
The separate control surfaces are glued in a relaxed down position. The loop antenna has been attached to the spine of the fuselage.
Since the tail is removable, I put a spot of wet paint on the table surface and rested the tail wheel on the wet paint. This gave me an accurate spot in which to sand a flat spot.
The landing gear covers are glued into place.
The supercharger intake with the re-worked weld line is put back on.
This is not a hair but the aerial made from stretched sprue. I painted it brown, a step I often skip out of laziness.
I added a few blobs of white glue which will be painted black when dry.
The last bits to be attached are the whip antenna and pitot tube.
I think she's done! The aerial comes close to touching the loop antenna but I REALLY don't want to redo THAT!
I'll need a free afternoon to take proper pictures of Blue 16 so it'll be a couple days before you'll see what Blue 16 truly looks like.